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06/23/2011

Believe it or not, but there are not many side effects when you consume wheatgrass. The only cautions you need to watch out for is "when" you actually consume the wheatgrass.

First thing to be cautious about is never consume wheatgrass with a meal or eat immediately after you take a wheatgrass shot.

Side effects such as;

Rapid excretion of toxins

Headache

Nausia

constipation

loss of appetite

A “detox” effect occurs when the body rapidly undergoes removal of toxins such as heavy metals, bad fats, carcinogens, metabolic waste, and impurities in our body.

This rapid excretion of toxins can causes headache and nausea, the same effects that have been incorrectly attributed to when mold is consumed. Once the toxins are removed from the body, the side effects will no longer occur. These “detox effects” usually subside over a short period of time.

If your wheatgrass ever develops a blue fuzz mold which is a type of slim mold that can easily be rinsed off in the sink or cut off since this type of mold does not penetrate the wheatgrass.

If your wheatgrass develops a white or brown mold, it usually kills the wheatgrass and it's not consumable anyways. The white and brown mold should never be consumed.

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Some claim that wheatgrass can't be digested in a liquid form. I agree that wheatgrass should never be consumed in it's whole state without being juiced.

In order to digest wheatgrass as a whole food standpoint, you would need multiple stomachs like cows. In my opinion, juice wheatgrass, yield the benefits from it and forget about the fact of needing multiple stomachs to consume it.

06/22/2011

When you purchase vegetables at the grocery store sometimes they won't reach your kitchen till 3-4 days after their harvesting day. From the moment the vegetables are harvested they start to lose their nutritional value. Another great reason to shop at local farmers markets where they are usually picked the same day.

Wheatgrass can be grown in your home, cut, juiced immediately and you will be able to absorb all the nutritional value of that wheatgrass instantaneously!

I use the Greenstar juicer. You know, the one I am holding on to with my life on the top left corner of the page. Yeah, that one! There are also other machines you can use to juice out all the nutrients as well.

Like I stated before, I only use the Greenstar juicer for it's grinding benefits so it won't kill any of the enzymes in the juice.

If you want to grow wheatgrass you need:

Wheat Seeds

Container

Water

Potting soil

Peat moss

Pot or tray with drainage system

Spray bottle

It's as simple as that!

You can even make a huge wheatgrass garden by using one of these containers:

06/21/2011

Yesterday's post I said wheatgrass is equal in overall nutritional value to 350 pounds of ordinary garden vegetables. This claim came from a man named Charles Francis Schnabel. He believed the nutritional value of grasses varied through different stages of the plant's life.

Wheatgrass, when juiced at home or in a juice bar, it's usually cut right when you order the wheatgrass shot. This way the wheatgrass does not lose any of it's nutritional benefits before it's juiced, But more on that tomorrow.

Wheatgrass juice contains all of the vitamins and most of the minerals needed by the human body for health and well-being, as well as 80 protein enzymes. It has no toxic side effects and is approximately 70% crude chlorophyll, the rich, green life blood of plants. website

Tomorrow learn how to make wheatgrass for your home and how to juice it properly.

06/20/2011

Do you ever wonder how we started to eat what we eat? Did someone look at a cow and say "Wow, that looks tasty!" and that was it? Take wheatgrass, who thought it was a great idea to start to juice and to consume it? The cows where doing it so why shouldn't we?

It all started in 1930's by a agricultural chemist by the name Schnabel. He first started experimenting on sick hen's that where on their death beds. When giving the hens fresh cut grass in attempt to nurse them back to health the hen's not only recovered, but they produced eggs at a higher rate than the healthy hens!

Encouraged by his results, he began drying and powdering grass for his family and neighbors to supplement their diets.

It has been said that wheatgrass is equal in overall nutritional value to 350 pounds of ordinary garden vegetables! What other benefits come from wheat grass? Find out tomorrow on Benefits of wheat grass.